Refrigerator



Nov. 20 1923. 31,474,457

, A. Y. PHILLKPS ET AL REFRIGERATOR Filed Aug. '7; 1922 Archie Y'Fhillips CJ'arEnEE i h PAEN E l2 0 ARCHIE EHILIJIPS AND CLARENCETHOMPSON, 05 LA CROEEE, WISGUNEZIN.

REFRIGERATOR.

Application filed August 7, 1922. Serial lilo. 580,113.

To all whom it may concern: transparent, thermally insulated door in Beit known that we, ARCHIE Y. Pmnmrs provided.

and CLARENCE THOMPSON, both citizens of An embodiment of the inventionis shown the United States, and residents of La in the accompanyingdrawin in which-- ill) Crosse, in the count of La Crosse and Figure 1 1sa longitudina sectional view State of Wisconsin, ave invented certainthru the refrigerator, such section correnew and useful Improvements inRefrigerasponding to that taken on the line L-l of tors; and we dohereby declare that the hi ure 2. v iollowing is a full, clear, andexact descripigure 2 is a horizontal sectional view at m tion thereof.on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

This invention relates to refrigerators, Figure 3 is a section ontheline 3-3 of is particularly directed to a retrigera- Figure-1, showing adetail of the constructor adapted to be used in a restaurant or tion.other public place, although it may be em- The refrigerator issubstantially oylinolri ill bodied in a refrigerator adapted for homecal throughout, and ma 1 be formed of any mg suitablematerial, such, iorexample, as porln reiri erators as ordinarily constructed, celain, sheetmetal or other material which considerab e dificulty has been exerienced may be readily shaped either by working or in removing thedesired article rom the casting. It com rises an elongated cylin- Bfi ofa fully filled shelf. It is practically drical body portion composed ofan outer impossible to reach over all of the articles in wall 1 and aninner wall 2, between which front of the rear'one without 11 setting oris interposed the thermal insulation, or aclr otherwise disturbing someof t e articles ing 3. The to and bottom are simi iarly arrangedadjacent the front oi the shelf. formed of dou lo wall portions, thehonor a 'lChe other alternative is to remove the artiand outer wallsbeing respectively indicated else in front of the ones desired and this,by the reference characters 4l5 and 65- 1. as is obvious, is verywasteful of time and The bottom portion of the refrigerator maypatience. A further diflieulty is due to the be of a slightly largerdiameter and comfact that the illumination adjacent the rear prises anouter wall 8 which merges into the 8 a portion of the shelf of therefrigerator is outer wall 1 of the bod portion in a gradual usuallyextremely poor, and it is diflioult to manner so as to provi e a leasincurved select the desired article. contracted portion 9, an therebyavoi" ltis therefore an object of this invention abrupt changes incontour. This bottom to overcome the above diliiculties and to portionisopen and is provided with a cy- W as provide a refrigerator in which anarticle lindrically curved door 10, throu h which a mounted upon anyportion of the s elves is drip pan 11 may be inserted. i desired,readily accessible from the front of the rethis bottom portion may beprovided with a trigerator, and in which such articles may floor, or maybe opened, as shown in the be readily seen. drawing. The upper portionof'the refrig no -Further objects are to provide a reirigeraerator isprovided with an ice-hon 12 which tor of a sturdy and pleasingconstruction; is equipped with the usual support 13 for to provide arefrigerator in which the artithe ice, and is provided with a drain 1dcles carried therein, are displayed in a which passes thru the upperwall 15 of the pleasing manner; and to provide a reirigerafoodcompartment. it is to be noted that 1 as tor in which all of the shelvesmay be simulan opening '16 is left between the ice-box 12 taneouslyremoved as a unitwhen it is die and the inner wall 2 of therefrigerator, sired to clean such refrigerator. and that such openingextends thru the upper Further objects are to provide a reirigwall 15 ofthe food compartment, so as to erator having a minimum of waste space;allow the chilled air to descend into such 1 so to provide arefrigerator in which a series food compartment. If desired, a pluralityof shelves are rotatably carried by a central of such openings may beprovided to fuclll spindle so that articles placed upon the rear tatethe circulation of air. A cylindrical or the shelves may be brought tothe front door 23 is suitably hinged and fitted to the of therefrigerator without disturbing the wall of the ice-box, and closes theentrance 1 arrangement oi? other articles u on such opening 2% thereto.The drain it communishelves, and in which a structural y strong, cateswith a drip pipe 17 which extends thru known, su'ch a dea air spaceforms-an eflicient insulator. The frame members -at the top, bottom andsides of the door are tapered and fit correspondingly tapered portionsformed in the body portion of the refrigerators. It is of courseunderstood that all of the doors are provided with suitable fasteningmeans to retain them 'in closed .position.

A supporting s indle 26 is positioned centrally of the foo comartment,'and has its lower end spherically s iaped, as indicated at 27.This lower end is seated within a bearing socket 28, either formed in,or carried by the bottom wall 6 of the food compartment. The upper endof the spindle has a reduced portion 29 which fits within a socket 30formed in a bracket carried by the u r wall 15 of the food compartment.his

' socket is provided with a forwardly extending slot 31, and is furtherprovided with a I I alidably mounted collar 32, such collar beingcorrespondingly slotted, as indicated at 33. The rear portion of thecollar has a closed slot 34: formed therein, thru which a retaini-ngscrew 35 loosely passes to thereb retain the collar in position, whilepermitting a free sliding motion to be imparted thereto. It will beseen, therefore, that the collar 32 may be raised, thereb disengagingthe main ried by the spindle and may be portion of the spind e andallowing the reduced portion 29 to be moved outwardly thru the slots31-and-33. When this hasbeen accomplished, by a slight tilting motion ofthe .sp 'ndle, the entire s indie may'be'bo'dily removed from the rerigerator.

a pin 40. I desired, these-shelves may be of progressively decreasingdiameter as the cyliudrica top shelf is approached, in order to enhancethe appearance and to facilitate the handling of the apparatus. Theymay, however, be of uniform size, if desired.

It will be seen that any article placed 05 upon any of the shelves maybe readily reached by rotating the shelves to bring the article to thefront of the refrigerator, and that such article, therefore may bereadily viewed or removed if desire thermally insulatlng door has beenprovided thru which the contents of the refrigerator may be displayed.If it is further desirable,

It will also be seen that a trans arent, structurally strong the spindle26 may be power driven to slow- (5 1y rotate the shelves and displaysuccessive- 1y all of the articles placed thereon.

It will be seen that a very easily cleaned refrigerator has beenprovided, in which no abrupt corners are formed in the food charm her,and that such food chamber is provided with a bottom floor 6 whichtapers, as indicated at 25, towards the front of the device,

,so that any matter that has been spiltupon the bottom may be readilywiped outwardly from the-refrigerator.- It will also beseen that b asimple mani ulation, the entire set of she ves may be rea ily removedfrom the refrigerator to permit read cleaning. It will also be seen thata refrigerator of efiicient design and pleasing appearance has.)

been provided in which-the maximum of convenience is attained.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been described inconsiderable detail, it is to be understood that the invention maybeembodied in other forms of refrigerators, and such invention,therefore, v is to be limited only as defined in the up;

pended claim;

'We claim:

A- re'fri erator comprisin body 7 portion drical food compartment, saidcompartment having a socket formed in its lower portion, aspindlemounted axially of said compartment and resting in said socket, aprojection substantiall a extending downwardly from the upper portionofsaid com artment and alining with said spindle, a shdable collar carriedby said rejection and adapted to he slid downwardy over the upperportion of said spindle to detachably retain said spindle, and aplurality of circular shelves carried by said spindle.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsat La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin.

A 'Y. PHILLIPS.

aving a cy CLARENCE THOMPSON.

